CATLIN GABEL’S STUDENT VOICE
CATLIN SPEAK
By Hadley Cress ‘27 & August Walrod ‘26
With another school year coming to an end, the Dialogue for Democracy class, which is behind Catlin Speak’s array of articles, is made up of almost completely seniors.
By Nico Igarashi ‘26
Walking down the warm streets of Los Angeles, two friends run into one another.
By Priya Klein and Evan Zhang ‘26
It’s late spring at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) and the air is abuzz with excitement for the summer to come: underclassmen rally around spikeball nets in the Quad, seniors find ever-conspicuous reasons to ditch class, faculty map out their vacation itineraries, and juniors lug themselves to the College Counseling Office for weekly sessions of PODS.
By Priya Klein ‘26
It's a bird? It’s a bike? It’s Bianca Knoll Nakayama arriving at the Catlin Gabel School (CGS) campus on her mint green Vespa (affectionately named Peppermint Bonbon after the name for mint chocolate chip ice cream in Knoll Nakayama’s home state of Minnesota)!
By Eliana Yoken ‘26 and Meret Pajkic ‘26
Through the wall-to-wall windows of Tim Bazemore's office, which frame a miniature wooded forest, you can hear Lower Schoolers shrieking across the Fir Grove.
By Luna Flores ‘26
Few know that Upper School science teacher Marguerite McKean and Upper School theater director Elizabeth Gibbs used to be Margie and Lizzy.
By Krish Caulfield ‘26
To play Senior Assassin slyly, a senior stows herself in the dark mouth of a Chevy Tahoe trunk, knees to chest, bearing the rubber heat and waiting to pounce.
By Ariana Bajaj ‘26 and Lucia Alvarez ‘26
As spring sunlight stretches longer across campus and the final weeks of school slip by, seniors at Catlin Gabel School (CGS) begin to pack up more than just their backpacks.
By Andy Han ‘26
As the school year rolls to an end and students settle into the easy warmth of summer, we must once again say goodbye to some of our beloved faculty as they part from the Catlin Gabel School (CGS): Mark Amasuga, Becky Wynne, and Sue Phillips.
By Andy Han ‘26
A paper fish clings to your back, and people are laughing; though you don’t yet know why, you will soon. In French, April Fool’s Day is referred to as Poisson d'Avril, or “April fish,” which alludes to the young, easily caught fish that are abundant at the beginning of the fishing season in April. To be an “April fool” is to take the bait, which may have been as simple as a changed date in the calendar.
By Andy Han ‘26
A paper fish clings to your back, and people are laughing; though you don’t yet know why, you will soon. In French, April Fool’s Day is referred to as Poisson d'Avril, or “April fish,” which alludes to the young, easily caught fish that are abundant at the beginning of the fishing season in April. To be an “April fool” is to take the bait, which may have been as simple as a changed date in the calendar.